Statistical Case Studies
A Collaboration Between Academe and Industry
Student Edition

Table of Contents

Preface
Introductions: The Benefits of Cases, Partnering for the Future of the Statistics Profession
1. Are the Fish Safe to Eat? Assessing Mercury Levels in Fish in Maine Lakes
2. Chemical Assay Validation
3. Automating a Manual Telephone Process
4. Dissolution Method Equivalence
5. Comparison of Hospital Length of Stay Between Two Insurers for Patients with Pediatric Asthma
6. Comparing Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs with Respect to Stomach Damage
7. Validating an Assay of Viral Contamination
8. Control Charts for Quality Characteristics Under Nonnormal Distributions
9. Evaluation of Sound to Improve Customer Value
10. Improving Integrated Circuit Manufacture Using a Designed Experiment
11. Evaluating the Effects of Nonresponse and the Number of Response Levels on Survey Samples
12. Designing an Experiment to Obtain a Target Value in the Chemical Processes Industry
13. Investigating Flight Response of Pacific Brant to Helicopters at Izembek Lagoon, Alaska by Using Logistic Regression
14. Estimating the Biomass of Forage Fishes in Alaska's Prince William Sound Following the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
15. A Simplified Simulation of the Impact of Environmental Interference on Measurement Systems in an Electrical Components Testing Laboratory
16. Cerebral Blood Flow Cycling: Anesthesia and Arterial Blood Pressure
17. Modeling Circuit Board Yields
18. Experimental Design for Process Settings in Aircraft Manufacturing
19. An Evaluation of Process Capability for Fuel Injector Process Using Monte Carlo Simulation
20. Data Fusion and Maintenance Policies for Continuous Production Processes
Index.